Hunter Pence

It's no secret Ruben Amaro Jr. has not been very well liked by the fan base during his tenure as general manager for the Phillies. And honestly, can you blame them? Even setting aside his comments, which didn't sit well, this year about how fans "don't understand the game" and that Cesar Hernandez will be the starting second baseman upon Chase Utley's return, he didn't have a very good track record just based on his job performance when the end of the 2014 season came to a close. Between trading Cliff Lee to Seattle in 2009 for three prospects, none of whom are with the club anymore after failing to show their worth, and shipping out Hunter Pence...

New Marlins’ second baseman Dee Gordon is putting his legs to good use this week.
Major League Baseball’s top base stealer in 2014, Gordon is taking part in the Fitbit Celebrity Challenge, a charity-driven, fitness-focused competition that pits stars...

PHILADELPHIA – The Marlins cannot replace Giancarlo Stanton, but someone will start in right field nonetheless.
With left Cole Hamels on the mound Friday, manager Mike Redmond gave that first assignment to the right-handed hitting Ed Lucas. The Marlins...

MIAMI – Ten, 20, or 30 years from now, Bradin Hagens may or may not remember how in the second inning of his major league debut he walked Garrett Jones on four pitches to start the 10th. What might be tougher to purge is the run-scoring, Marcell Ozuna...

Cole Hamels understood not getting to finish the eighth inning of his debut with the Texas Rangers. Hamels, who threw a no-hitter in his final start for Philadelphia, walked off the mound with a three-run lead over the San Francisco Giants after giving up...

ARLINGTON, Texas If the Giants had a little more fruit on the minor league vine, and the willingness to pluck it, Cole Hamels easily could have started on their side Saturday night. They came close enough to making a franchise-altering deal at the...

ARLINGTON, Texas It was a sultry night, and Madison Bumgarner got a little salty on the mound. Maybe the 95-degree heat at 7:09 p.m. contributed to his short fuse, or the hard slide into second baseman Joe Panik, or that the Texas Rangers had scored...

ARLINGTON, Texas It was a sultry night, and Madison Bumgarner got a little salty on the mound. Maybe the 95-degree heat at 7:09 p.m. contributed to his short fuse, or that the Texas Rangers had scored six runs by the second inning in the Giants'...

Since 2000, July 29 has been a day when the Phillies have had a habit of making big moves.
In years past, Cliff Lee, Hunter Pence and Roy Oswalt all came to town on the 29th and Scott Rolen was shipped out to the Cardinals two days before the July 31...

SAN FRANCISCO Some teams are using the trade deadline as a reboot. The Giants are not among them. They continue to ship a solid product. And they had no issues with quality control in a 5-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday afternoon....

SAN FRANCISCO If someone had told Bruce Bochy at the beginning of the season that Brandon Crawford would be the San Francisco Giants' home run leader in late July, the manager might have swallowed hard. But here we are, just a few days from the...

When the July 31 trade deadline passed without the Phillies making a single move last season, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. was openly ridiculed. He was accused by rival executives of asking too much for his players, a charge he vehemently denied. ...

Pittsburgh acquired veteran third baseman Aramis Ramirez and cash considerations from Milwaukee for minor league pitcher Yhonathan Barrios. Ramirez, 37, a three-time All-Star who began his major league career with the Pirates in 1998, is hitting .247 with...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs are playing better baseball these days and it's showing up in merchandise sales.
Rookie Kris Bryant's jersey has been the top-seller since he was called up from the minors in mid-April, Major League Baseball said Thursday....

SAN DIEGO The Padres wore 1980s uniforms and cleverly doctored scoreboard mug shots to match the era. It's all part of the fun here on Way Back Wednesdays. The Giants' Brandons took the promotion literally. Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford...

SAN DIEGO Tim Hudson is nearing the end. He knew that already. When you are a 40-year-old major league pitcher, and your surname isn't Moyer or Niekro or Ryan, you understand that you are a flickering candle. And as much as your teammates might...

PHOENIX Madison Bumgarner might win every Battle Royale in October. But most days, he is like any other pitcher. He needs help to win. Bumgarner needed a lot of it Sunday at Chase Field. The Giants obliged in a 2-1 victory over the Arizona...

SAN FRANCISCO Bruce Bochy stood in the dugout and held out a meaty palm. "It's nice to meet you, heard a lot about you," said Bochy, when introduced to Lucius Fox, the 18-year-old shortstop from the Bahamas who signed with the Giants for...

SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco Giants' offense has had difficulty putting any kind of crooked number on the scoreboard of late, let alone a snowman. But they did that and a whole lot more in a wild, wondrous night of hitting Friday night. After...